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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.111
তাঁহা ক্ষীরোদধি–মধ্যে ‘শ্বেতদ্বীপ’ নাম ।
পালয়িতা বিষ্ণু,—তাঁর সেই নিজ ধাম ॥ ১১১ ॥
tāṅhā kṣīrodadhi-madhye ‘śvetadvīpa’ nāma
pālayitā viṣṇu, — tāṅra sei nija dhāma
There, in part of the ocean of milk, lies Śvetadvīpa, the abode of the sustainer, Lord Viṣṇu.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śvetadvīpa lies in part of the ocean of milk and is the abode of the sustainer, Lord Viṣṇu.
The Siddhānta-śiromaṇi describes seven oceans: salt water, milk, yogurt, clarified butter, sugarcane juice, liquor and sweet water.
The ocean of milk is on the southern side of the ocean of salt water. Lord Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu resides there and is worshiped by demigods like Brahmā.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
On the Vaikuṇṭha planet in every universe is an ocean of milk, and within that ocean is an island called Śvetadvīpa, where Lord Viṣṇu lives. Therefore this chapter describes two Śvetadvīpas — one in the abode of Kṛṣṇa and the other in the ocean of milk in every universe.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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